Everton must already regret sale of £27m ‘monster’ who Richarlison once dubbed the ‘best’

Everton must already regret sale of £27m ‘monster’ who Richarlison once dubbed the ‘best’ – opinion

The litany of regrets that Everton has made has gotten absurdly long in recent years.

The last several seasons have been extremely difficult for

the supporters of this legendary club due to a variety of issues, including poor managerial decisions,

the acquisition of players that are unfit to wear the uniform, and general financial faux paus.

Even if a few heroes did emerge from the muck to save the Toffees,

considerably more villains were produced as failures who

were held accountable for putting the team in such danger.

But Yerry Mina, a pricey acquisition who spent much of his time on the treatment table in Merseyside,

was someone who walked that narrow line and was still well-liked by the locals.

The towering centre defender, who cost slightly over £27 million when signed by Marco Silva,

had just finished a fantastic World Cup campaign with Colombia.

Therefore, in a career that was showing promise,

leaving Barcelona for Goodison Park seemed an odd step backward.

But it was soon evident why the Catalan giants were eager to

get rid of him because of those previously mentioned diseases,

which began at a young age and persisted without mercy. For Everton,

how good was Yerry Mina?

Mina’s injury prevented him from playing in the first few games after his arrival,

so Everton should have known what would happen with him from the beginning.

His career with the club would see him through about 10 more injuries of varied degrees of severity.

The quality he shown when fit just added to the frustration of his frequent absence at crucial times.

After all, a report published by The Athletic showed how,

once the 29-year-old took the court, their victory percentage increased from just 27 to 56.1 in the 2020–21 campaign.

Another cult favourite at the team, Richarlison,

went so far as to claim on Instagram that he was the “best defender” in 2021,

mirroring Michael Ball’s assertion that he was a “monster.”

Even with Jarrad Branthwaite’s rise, it appeared somewhat foolish to allow his free departure in the recent summer,

despite the fact that his £120,000 weekly salary was outrageous for someone so untrustworthy.

Maybe they should have given him a shorter contract at a lower pay to cover times like this.

Everton has a chance to win four straight Premier League games this weekend,

something they haven’t done in a long time.

But they are marred by Branthwaite’s suspension and Michael Keane’s possible injury.

Although Ben Godfrey is the best replacement, he hasn’t even started in the league yet this year.

Sean Dyche must be thinking, at times like these,

that he should have done more to restrain Mina and provide the depth required to lessen these kinds of situations.

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